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So from archive.org it looks like it was a site that linked to other sites where people could watch movies for free.

And that eventually you got shut down due to legal threats.

So my question is, how did you make money from it? Advertising?

It was running before there was court precedent that made it risky to link to movies hosted on sites like YouTube and Dailymotion. The shutdown was part of a strategic business decision.

I made money from it initially using Adwords. I remember my first month running it, only made about $400. They decided not to allow sites that linked to copyright videos, so I had to find alternatives, which turned out to be great.

I mostly used Clickbank and (briefly) Zango. I'm currently part of Clickbank's APEX program which is their super affiliate program for top earners.

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